Carpet-fastener



(No Model.) v

` P. BEAMISH,

CARPET PASTENER.

PatentedJune 3, 1890.

INVENTUK VEISFESEEE.

the carpet.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

PERCY BEAMISH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

vCARPET-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 429,410, dated June 3, 1890.

- Application tiled Tune 22, 1887. Serial No. 242,177. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERcY BEAMIsH, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Carpets and Rugs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide carpets, rugs, and floor-cloths with a double selvage or edge, so that in securing the carpet, rug, or cloth upon a floor the device'used for stretching and holding it in place on the floor will pass through t-he under edge or selvage and allow the upper edge, which is 1n fact the edge of the main carpet, to lie upon it and conceal the fastening devices used to fasten the carpet to the floor.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of a floor with a carpet laid on it, one edge of the carpet being turned up to show the two edges. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the carpet,

Y showing the double edges on opposite sides;

and Fig. 3 is a broken view showing a single Yedge of the carpet.

A may represent a carpet, rug, or other cloth which is to be secured upon a iloor or other surface. This carpet, rug, or cloth I either manufacture with a supplemental or false edge b on the under side of the main edge of the carpet, or I stitch a strip of suitable material to the carpet or rug, so as to form the strip or false edge b below its edges, as represented. This strip may bevof any desired width, and it should be attached to the under side of the carpet or rug at a short dis'- tance from its edge, so that its point of attachment will be parallel with the edge of This is necessary in order that when the carpet or rug is stretched and fastened by its lower edge or strip the uppersurface of the carpet or rug Will be even and smooth above it. This supplemental strip does not extend entirely out to the edge of the carpet or rug, but stops short, so that the outer edge of the carpet may be attached to 55 Athe outer edge of the supplemental or under strip, and the under strip may thenvbe fastened to the floor by means of tacks, screws, clasps, or other convenient means. If desired, I can then secure the upper or main 6o edge of the carpet to the lower strip b by means of mucilage or other adhesive material, so that the edges of the carpet are held down closely to the floor and prevented from being kicked or turned up. By this means I stretch and fasten the carpet or rug without disiiguring its edge, and I completely conceal the nails or other device used to secure the carpet to the iioor.

Having thus described my invention, what I 7o claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

As a new article of manufacture, a carpet or rug formed or provided on its under side and extending entirely around the same, with a ap, the outer edge thereof terminating at a point slightly removed from the edge of the carpet, said ap being provided with a series of eyelets for the reception of nails or tacks, whereby the iiap may be secured to the floor- 8o ing, substantially as set forth.

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PERcY BEAMIsn.

IVitnesses:

M. G. LOEFLEE, J. J. SCEIVNER. 

